Does spelling matter?

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This title narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day. It also examines the changing attitudes to spelling, including numerous proposals for spelling reform, ranging from the introduction of new alphabets to more modest attempts to rid English of its silent letters, and the differing agendas they reveal

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Full title :Does spelling matter? / Simon Horobin

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Publication Date:2013
Edition:1. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013

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1. Introduction. 2. Writing systems. 3. Beginnings. 4. Invasion and revision. 5. Renaissance and reform. 6. Fixing spelling. 7. American spelling. 8. Spelling today and tomorrow

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Description:x, 270 s. : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

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ISBN:9780199665280, 0199665281
oclc:ocn849746223
LC Classification:PE1141
Dewey Decimal:421.5209

1. Introduction -- 2. Writing systems -- 3. Beginnings -- 4. Invasion and revision -- 5. Renaissance and reform -- 6. Fixing spelling -- 7. American spelling -- 8. Spelling today and tomorrow.

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